Silsoe CofE VC Lower SchoolSt Mary's VA CofE Lower School

Inspection, results, pupils and attendance side by side.

Summary of the comparison

Silsoe CofE VC Lower School and St Mary's VA CofE Lower School are primary schools.

Silsoe CofE VC Lower School scores 71 out of 100 (grade B, strong) and St Mary's VA CofE Lower School scores 79 out of 100 (grade B, strong). St Mary's VA CofE Lower School is ahead on our composite score.
Silsoe CofE VC Lower School was judged Good and St Mary's VA CofE Lower School was judged strong.

Silsoe CofE VC Lower School versus St Mary's VA CofE Lower School compared on inspection, results, pupils and attendance.
Measure	BedfordSilsoe CofE VC Lower School	ClophillSt Mary's VA CofE Lower School	England average
Overview
Our score	B71/100	B79/100Stronger figure
Local ranking	63rd of 92 in Central Bedfordshire	43rd of 92 in Central Bedfordshire Stronger figure
Inspection	Ofsted: Good	Ofsted: StrongStronger figure
School type	Voluntary controlled school	Voluntary aided school
Phase	Primary	Primary
Age range	4-9	2-9
Gender	Mixed	Mixed
Pupils on roll	251	134
Capacity	300	150
Location	Bedford, MK45 4GP	Clophill, MK45 4BE
Pupils
Pupils in the census	278	143
Free school meals (ever 6)	12.2%	11.3%
English as an additional language	1.4%	2.1%
SEN support	7.5%	7.7%
SEN with an EHC plan	7.2%	3.5%
Attendance
Overall absence	4.5%	4.0% Stronger figure	6.2%
Persistent absence	9.8%	4.8% Stronger figure	15.8%

marks the stronger figure on measures with a clear direction. Rows describing a school's intake, such as free school meals, English as an additional language and SEN, carry no marker: they describe who a school serves, not how well it serves them.

Historical trends

Each solid line is one school; the dashed line is the national average.

Overall absence

Free school meal eligibility (ever 6)

Pupils on roll

Ethnicity over time

One panel per school: the largest groups across this comparison, one colour per group, on a shared scale.